Card-file



w. H. HALL CARD FILE.

APPLICATION FILED 1uNE26, l|919.

Patented Feb. 15,1921.

WILLIAM H. HALL, OF CICERO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO KHLER DIE & SPECIALTY COMPANY, 0F DE KALB, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CARD-FILE.

Patented Feb. 15, 1921.

Original application led .Tuly 11, 1917, Serial No. 179,880. Divided and this application led June 26, 1919. Serial No. 308,871.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, lViLLiAM H. HALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cicero, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card-Files, of which the following is a specification.

rlhe present application is a division of my Patent No. 1,316,719, filed July 11, 1917.

rlhe invention has to do with the provision of a device for systematically filing name cards and otherl data according to prearranged plans, and the elements of the device have been designed with a particular view to making it an economical and practical manufacturing proposition, the device being built up of a number of unitary elements adapted for assemblage in any desired quantity whereby to produce a device of small or large capacity at will.

rlhe invention provides pockets of any desired depths and widths for holding cards, said pockets being formed between overlapping sheets of metal mounted in a simple and novel manner in vertical column or series, the vertical series being of greater or less height, duplicated, or further multiplied horizontally, and advantageously also arranged in multiple back to back. The device presents an exceedingly compact arrangement of pockets, providing in readily accessible form accommodation for a maximum number of cards in a given space.

In order that the invention may be readily understood, a preferred embodiment of the same is set forth in the accompanying drawing and in the following detailed description based thereon. Obviously the invention is susceptible of embodiment in other and varied constructional forms without departure from the essence of the invention or the sacrifice of its material advantages; wherefore it is to be understood that the drawing and description are to be taken n an illustrative and not in an unnecessarily limiting sense. In the drawings- Figure 1 is a front elevation of an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical section through Fig. 1 illustrating the manner of assembling the division plate;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary transverse vertical section on an enlarged scale showing the assembled relation of certain of the division plates and inserted cards; and

Fig. l is an enlarged section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

In Fig. 1 a standard l1 is represented as having attached thereto brackets 12 and 13 for the pivotal support of the card le by means of pins 14 and 15 which transfiX an aperture in each of the brackets 12-13 and similar apertures formed in the projecting wings 16, 17 of the cap plate 18 and the base plate 19, these plates each being stamped from asingle sheet of metal having wings 18a and 19EL downturned to form a channel like end housing for the device. The cap and base plates likewise are provided with wings inturned at one end as shown' at 19b to embrace the edge-retaining channel member 20; rods 22 and 23 provided with nuts 22a and 28?' serve to tie the same to ether.

aving its upper and lower ends housed respectively by the cap and base plates 18 and 19 and its vertical edges housed by the retaining members 2O and 21, a supporting wall or plate 24 is provided with a vertical series of horizontally alined slots 25 formed by punching out the metal as clearly shown in Fig. 2

A series of division plates 26 are provided as most clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 each having its upper edge outturned as indicated at 26a and its lower edge provided with inturned tongues as indicated at 26b to enter the slots 25. The upper edge of the division plate is also preferably cut away as indicated at 26c to facilitate the grasping of a card by the thumb and finger.

In this form of construction, it will be noted, the position of the division plates is not Xed as in the species retained in the parent application, but they may move toward and from the support limited only by the flanges of the retaining members 20-21 or by the inturned iia-nges 24a of the supporting plate or wall. The lower edge of each of the division plates is also free to move toward and from the support 24 as the tongues 26b may slide inwardly and outwardly of the slots 25. It is thus made possible to place within one of the pockets two or more cards by moving the division plate outwardly and encroaching slightly upon the capacity of the next adjacent pocket.

In Figs. 3 and 4 is exemplified the manner in which two vertical series of pockets may be arranged back to back within a common retaining member for each vertical margin. As shown the spacing of the supports 24 and the wings 19 may be accomplished by filler strips or blocks 27 held in place by cross pins 28. Where series of vertical pockets are thus arranged in multiple, with the attendant increase in weight, or where the series are of exceptional vertical height, it is advisable to strengthen the wing portions 16 and 17 of the cap'and base plates 18-19 by reinforcing corrugations 29 as most clearly shown in Fig. 4.

I claim: Y Y

l. In a cardfile, a support, division plates having a tongue and slot connection vto the support at their lower edges in overlapping relation, and means to conine the ends of the plates or'swinging movement toward and from the support at their upper edges.

2. Ina card tile, a support, division plates pivoted to the support at their lower edges in overlapping relation, and means to conine'the ends of the plates for swinging movement toward andlrom the support at their upper edges, the pivoted connection of the plates to the support also providing for movement of the lower edge toward and from the support.V

3. In a card lile, a support having horizontally extending slotsv arranged in vertical series, division plates'having at their lower edges deflected. tongues.A Vengaging within the slots, and means to confine the ends of the plates for swinging movement tplward and from the support at their upper e ges.

L In a card file, a support having a plurality of horizontally extending alined slots arranged in vertical series, division plates having at their lower edges deflected tongues engaging loosely within the, slots, and means to confine the ends of the plates for swinging movement toward and from ythe support at their upper edges.

' 5. In a card le, a support having a plurality of horizontally extending alined Vslots arranged in vertical series, divisionl plates outwardly curled at their upper edgesv and having at their` lower edges inwardly deflected tongues engaging loosely within the slots, and channel members-to `confine the ends of the plates for swinging movement toward and from the support at their upper edges. In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribingV ALICE M. RANKIN, MARY OTooLn. 

